Lea Rachel Kosnik, author of “Seeking Forgiveness,” is a finalist in the Forward Reviews Indie Book Awards; multicultural, adult fiction category. The narrative memoir tells the story of interracial adoption in the United States today, from the perspective of a white mother who adopts a black son, and finds she has no idea what the hell she is doing. Kosnik is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and attends Central Reform Congregation.